No big thing, it is NIMBY. That was totally tongue in cheek. What a sad state of affairs it is that so many people want fracking, as long as it is someplace else, as long as someone else has to suffer the consequences, people just do not care. People want the Keystone Pipeline, just not under their property. YUCK!

I actually have an explanation for Obama's bizarre statement. He believes that the middle east was the cradle of ancient civilization and that civilization spread from that point. So to his way of thinking, America's greatness derives from ancient middle east greatness. It's more than a stretch, but that's Obama for you. Anything that favors Muslims over Christians.